Valli's
movie career suffered in 1953 from fallout in a scandal related to the death of
Wilma Montesi, a fashion model whose body was found on a public beach
near Ostia. Prolonged investigations led to allegations of
drug and sex orgies as members of Roman society became embroiled in accusations and innuendo, all
were acquitted - leaving the case unsolved. Valli's lover, jazz
musician Piero Piccioni - son of the Italian Minister of Foreign
Affairs - was also one of the accused.
According to John Francis Lane’s July 2004 Piccioni
obituary in The [London] Guardian, "those who suffered most [from the
scandal] were Piccioni’s father Attilio, whose political career ended
abruptly, and Alida Valli, who had stuck to her alibi and then had to
rebuild her acting career from scratch." Indeed, Valli would stay away
from the screen until 1957, which was also the year the Montesi case
came to a close, without satisfying resolution on the cause of the
young woman’s death.
According to John Francis Lane’s July 2004 Piccioni obituary in The [London] Guardian, "those who suffered most [from the scandal] were Piccioni’s father Attilio, whose political career ended abruptly, and Alida Valli, who had stuck to her alibi and then had to rebuild her acting career from scratch." Indeed, Valli would stay away from the screen until 1957, which was also the year the Montesi case came to a close, without satisfying resolution on the cause of the young woman’s death.
![Did you know?
Valli's movie career suffered in 1953 from a scandal surrounding the death of Wilma Montesi, a fashion model whose body was found on a public beach near Ostia; prolonged investigations resulted, involving allegations of drug and sex orgies in Roman society. Among the accused – all of whom were acquitted, leaving the case unsolved – was Valli's lover, jazz musician Piero Piccioni (son of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs).
According to John Francis Lane’s July 2004 Piccioni obit in The [London] Guardian, "those who suffered most [from the scandal] were Piccioni’s father Attilio, whose political career ended abruptly, and Alida Valli, who had stuck to her alibi and then had to rebuild her acting career from scratch." Indeed, Valli was to stay away from the screen until 1957. (That was also the year the Montesi case came to a close, without a satisfying resolution as to the cause of the young woman’s death.)
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